WEBVTT CITY.REPORTER: AN ESTIMATED $1.5MILLION WORTH OF CRYTAL METHSEIZED BEFORE IT MADE IT'S WAYTO THE STREETS OF OMAHINTERCEPTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENTDURING TRAFFIC STOP ONINTERSTATE 80 JUST WEST OFLINCOLN WEDNEDAY MORNING.>> CONSENT TO SEARCH WAS GAINEDAND DURING THAT SEARCH 35 ONE, POUND PACKAGES OF CRYSTALMETHAMPHETAMINE WERE LOCATED INTHE REAR CARGO AREA.REPORTER: LANCASTER COUNTYSHERIFF TERRY WAGNER SAYSFURTHER INVESTIGATION WITH THEOMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT,HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE DEALED TO THE ARREST OF SEVERALOTHER SUSPECTS IN THE OMAHAAREA.>> $112,000 WAS SEIZED.REPORTER: THIS IS THE SECONDLARGE METH DISCOVERY BYLANCASTER COUNTY DEPUTIESAPPARENTLY HEADED TO OMAHA.IN APRIL, A DEPUTY FOUND 30POUNDS OF METH DURING A TRAFFICSTOP NORTH OF LINCOLN ON THEINTERSTATE.INVESTIGATORS SAY ITS STREETVALUE IS ESTIMATED AT $1.3MILLION.>> WE'VE PREVENTED A LOT OF METHFROM GETTING INTO PEOPLE'S HANDSTHAT COULD CAUSE GREAT HARM.REPORTER: EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEENARRESTED IN THE TWO BUSTS ANDNEARLY $200,000 IN SUSPECTEDDRUG MONEY CONFISCATED.INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOWWHETHER THE SHIPMENTS ARECONNECTED IN ANY WAY.>> WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING INTOIT.BUT WE DON'T KNOW.REPORTER: THEY ARE ALSO WORKINGTO TRACE WHERE THE DRUGS CAMEFROM AND ANYONE ELSE WHO COULDBE INVOLVED.THE SHERIFF SAYS JUST KEEPINGTHIS OUT OF THE HANDS OF DRUGDEALERS IS SIGNIFICANT.>> THERE ARE SOME FAR REACHINGPOSITIVE EFFECTS OF REMOVING 65POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE OFFTHE STREETS.

Recent traffic stops on have intercepted 65 pounds of methamphetamine headed to the streets of Omaha, Neb., according to authorities.

"We've prevented a lot of meth from getting into people's hands that could cause great harm," Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said.

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The latest bust was just after 8 a.m. Wednesday.

A deputy stopped an SUV with California license plates for a traffic violation near MM 395 just west of Lincoln.

Wagner said the deputy suspected illegal activity.

"Consent to search was gained, and during that search 35 one-pound packages of crystal methamphetamine were located in the rear cargo area," Wagner said.The suspected meth was confiscated.

Wagner said further investigation along with the Omaha Police Department, Homeland Security and the DEA led to the arrests of several other suspects in the Omaha area and $112,000 of suspected drug cash seized.

It was the second big meth discovery by Lancaster County deputies of meth believed to be headed for Omaha.

A deputy found 30 pounds of meth during a traffic stop in April on the interstate north of Lincoln.

Investigators estimated its street value at $1.3 million.

Eight people were arrested in the two busts and nearly $200,000 of drug money was confiscated.

Investigators are looking into whether the shipments are connected.

"We're certainly looking into it. But we don't know," Wagner said.

They are also trying to trace where the drugs came from and if anyone else is involved.

Wagner said keeping that amount of meth out of the hands of drug dealers is significant.

"There are some far reaching-reaching positive effects of removing 65 pounds of methamphetamine off the streets," Wagner said.

A 12-year-old who was in the SUV during the most recent bust has been placed in protective custody.